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Today is the 49th (holy crap!) anniversary of The Yes Album, the third studio album released by Yes in 1971. It was the first to feature Steve Howe on guitar, and the last for Tony Kaye on keyboards. This was basically the beginning of the Yes musical chairs. I have covered this album previously and more in depth here (Side One) and here (Side Two).
Anyway, enjoy this song (hey, I actually heard this one before!)
Released on this day in 1994, Talk is the fourteenth studio album by progressive rock band Yes. It is their first release with an independent label after having been distributed the length of their career thus far with Atlantic Records and Arista Records.
Talk is also the last Yes recording with Tony Kaye on keyboards and Trevor Rabin on guitars, keyboards and vocals. Pop artist Peter Max created the artwork for the album. I think it pretty much sucks even though I have a t shirt with this logo. It was the first Yes tour and concert that I ever got to attend. It was at the old Orlando O-rena.
Here's one of my favorite tracks from this album:
I also have covered this album in more detailed posts (Side 1, Side 2).
The album peaked at #33 on the US charts (#20 UK) and had one Top 100 single, "Walls", that reached #24.
Time for another weekly installment of Yes music. At this point we have moved forward to their third album, The Yes Album, which is their first to go platinum. To me, this is their first "modern" sounding music and basically every song is included on most greatest hits compilations. The main difference in sound can be attributed to Steve Howe and his outstanding guitar talents. Yes did a tour where they played this album in its entirety. This also started their tendency of fewer, but longer compositions with multiple sections. Side One has only three songs, but three classics.
The album cover is kinda weird, though it was 1971.
On this date in 1987, Yes finally (after over four years!) released a follow up to the massively popular 90125. Their 12th studio album was called Big Generator.
Talk (1994) is Yes' first release with an independent label after having been distributed the length of their career thus far with Atlantic Records and Arista Records.
In a 1993 interview, Alan White joked that the album would be called Crunching Numbers and another working title was History of the Future. He also mentioned a song called "Scarlet from the Tide", but it is unknown whether this song became part of a track on the album or if it wasn't added at all.
Talk is also the last Yes recording with Tony Kaye on keyboards and Trevor Rabin on guitars, keyboards and vocals. The album cover was done by Peter Max. It sucks.
Following the mammoth tour for Union in 1991, Bill Bruford, Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman left the eight-member band. Only the "A" from ABWH was left. Wakeman was originally going to be part of the lineup, but conflicts with management kept this from happening. Remaining was the 1983-88 line-up of Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, Tony Kaye and Alan White.
With Rabin taking the lead - even producing the project himself, he introduced Yes to the non linear digital revolution. Talk was the 1st album ever produced on the Digital performer format. As a lot of the technology was very new from being at the frontier of non-linear recording, Talk was a difficult record to make technically. It has always sounded very modern and "electrical" to me.
1) The Calling - This was written by Rabin, Anderson and Squire, with Rabin producing. As with the other tracks on Talk, "The Calling" was recorded and mixed digitally, rather than on tape as was done with previous Yes recordings. The song has been described as featuring a modern sound, with heavy focus on Rabin's guitars, and a three-part vocal harmony featuring Anderson, Rabin and Squire.
According to Anderson, the song's lyrics were inspired by the concept of "local history", the current three-thousand year window of history, outside of which mankind has little visibility or understanding.
4) State of Play - Another almost "political" song with Rabin all over the place. I can see where many just think of this as almost a Trevor solo album.
So the time has come to roll out another random 10. Sometimes it feels like a very short week in between doing these. Other times it feels like we week is just empty with nothing to blog about.
I mean I throw different things out there to see if any of them get any traction (like the polls). Also I have long term "projects" like the magnet challenge up top. Also up there is something new this week I'm trying with license plates. I'll see how that goes.
So basically if you have any ideas of something you would like to see every week just hit me with your suggestions. I'll probably make it mine in some weird way, but I will def give you credit for it.
Now let's get back to that music thing. Looking at last week, no one got banned so all is good. As usual the rules and whatnot are up top as well.
